Combination cuff and collar button



Dec. 18, 1923. 11,477,997

W. J. CIRCLE COMBINATION CUFF AND COLLAR BUTTON Filed June 19. 1923 m/mm dame Patented Dec. 18, 1923.

-* innit WILLIAM J'. CIRCLE, OF

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

COMBINATION CUFF AND COLLAR BUTTON.

Application filed June 19,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, WILLIAM J. CIRoLE, a citizen of the 'United States, residin at Seattle, county of King, and State of Fashington, have invented a new and useful Combination Cull and Collar Button; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact specification, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Theinvention is a button that is constructed in two sections So that one section may be placed on the other and readily secured to it in such a mannerthat it may readily be removed.

The object of the invention is to provide a button that may readily be slipped through button holes without spreading them.

Another object of the invention is to provide a button with a removable head which is constructed so that when the head is in place it will be absolutely impossible for it to come apart.

And a further object of the invention is to provide a button with a removable head which is constructed so that the head may be placed over the body portion and twisted in order to lock it in place.

With these ends in view the invention embodies a disc having a tubular shaped section with flanges on the sides, projecting from it, a notch in the flanges adjacent the upper end, a cylindrical shaped lug in the tube, a spring behind the lug, a button shaped casing, having a plunger projecting from its center, and an opening around the plunger, into which the cylindrical section, with the flanges, may be placed.

Other features and advantages of the invention will be seen from the following description taken in connection with the draw ings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation.

Figure 2 is a cross section through the body member.

Figure 3 is a member.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the head.

Flgure 5 is a cross section through the head.

Figure 6 is a view similar to that shown in Figure 1, with a portion broken away, showing an alternate design.

In the drawings I have shown my button as it would be constructed, wherein numeral lindicates the base, numeral 2 the head, and

plan view of the body 1923. Serial No. 646,291.

numeral 3 the section between the base and head.

The base may be made of a flat disc wi h slots 4 in it, through which projections 5 on the ends of flanges 6 of the tubular shaped member 3 may project in order to rivet this member to the base member. Yotches 7 may be placed through the flanges adjacent the outer end of the tubular shaped member 3, so that lugs 8 will be formed on the end of the member. A. small round lug 9 may be placed inside of the tubular shaped member and attached to the end of a spring 10, the opposite end of which may be attached to the inner end of the tubular shaped member at the point 11, as shown in Figure 2. In the design shown I have shown the tubular shaped member made of a flat piece of material bent in half and then formed over a cylindrical core about midway between the fold and the outer edges and then the outer edges riveted together by a rivet 12; however, it is understood that this portion may be made in any suitable manner.

The cap 2 is made of a piece of material bent in the shape of a button with a pin 13 projecting from its under side and extend ing through an opening 14, which is shaped so that the lugs 8 on the body portion 3 may pass through it. At the sides of the opening 14 are notches 15, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 5, into which the lugs 8 may snap when the head is twisted to an angle of 90. Itwill be seen that as the head is placed over the tubular shaped portion, the pin 18 will project into the opening in the end of the tubular shaped section and engage the lug 9, and as it is pushed downward it will compress the spring. The head may then be turned until the lugs 8 snap into the notches 15, at which time the head will be locked upon the tubular shaped section. When is is desired to remove the head it is only necessary to push it slightly inward and then twist it until the lugs 8 are opposite the opening 14, so that they may pass out of it.

In Figure 6 I have shown an alternate design in which the notches 15 are formed by bending the plate on the inner side of the head, which will form a ridge 16 on the base of the head.

It is understood that changes may be made in the construction without departing from the spirit of the invention. One of which changes may be in the shape, design or size of the button, as it'is understood that this 7 may be made in any suitable size; another what I claim as new and desire to obtain by Letters Patent, is:

1. A button having; a tubular shaped stem with flanges on the sides and notches in the flanges adjacent one end; a spring in the stem and fixedly attached to one end; :1 lug in the stem and attached to the free end of the spring; and another button having a pin projecting from it that fits into the tubular shaped section, and engages the lug at the end of the spring, an opening around the pin into which the stem and flanges may project, and notchesinto which the lugs formed at the end of the-flanges of the stern may snap.

2. A collar and and button having a removable head, a pin projecting from the head, an opening with notches in it around the pin, and a tubular shaped stem withlugs on its outer end and a spring in it that may be placed through the opening in the head as the pin projecting from the head is placed into the tubularshaped section; said head having notches in it into which the lugs on the end of the tubular shapedsection may be held by'a spring in the tubular shaped casing acting against the end of the pin projecting from the head. 

